James Bell (Referee) 17:03 - Aug 26 with 5888 views | numptydumpty | Well played sir. One of saints better players. |  |
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James Bell (Referee) on 17:06 - Aug 26 with 4553 views | MedwayR | Yep, gave us nothing and Saints absolutely everything. Not why we lost but it doesn't help. |  |
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James Bell (Referee) on 17:07 - Aug 26 with 4544 views | jeffranger | He was a cock |  | |  |
James Bell (Referee) on 17:08 - Aug 26 with 4532 views | numptydumpty |
James Bell (Referee) on 17:06 - Aug 26 by MedwayR | Yep, gave us nothing and Saints absolutely everything. Not why we lost but it doesn't help. |
No it wasn't why we lost but was an unbelievably poor performance from him. |  |
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James Bell (Referee) on 17:10 - Aug 26 with 4502 views | paulparker | I keep saying that football in this country is corrupt and these refs are at the forefront of it all The same clubs getting the same decisions week in week out We ministry have Southampton, Leicester & Leeds back in the premier league at all costs |  |
| And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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James Bell (Referee) on 17:10 - Aug 26 with 4495 views | Damo1962 | It's hard enough to compete with these "Prem clubs" as it is - this just makes it even harder. Look forward to Clive's marking 🤔 |  | |  |
James Bell (Referee) on 17:15 - Aug 26 with 4446 views | qprd | Really bad performance (made worse by the fact that there were so few incidents) |  | |  |
James Bell (Referee) on 17:15 - Aug 26 with 4439 views | numptydumpty |
James Bell (Referee) on 17:10 - Aug 26 by Damo1962 | It's hard enough to compete with these "Prem clubs" as it is - this just makes it even harder. Look forward to Clive's marking 🤔 |
Got his wedding next week to Mrs End Thus will be known as James Bell-End (a referee of infinite promise) |  |
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James Bell (Referee) on 17:17 - Aug 26 with 4414 views | dmm | I hope our resident ref can give an opinion on playing advantage until the ball is dead and then awarding the free kick. Surely it's one or the other? Bell kept doing that. |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
James Bell (Referee) on 17:24 - Aug 26 with 4334 views | terryb |
James Bell (Referee) on 17:17 - Aug 26 by dmm | I hope our resident ref can give an opinion on playing advantage until the ball is dead and then awarding the free kick. Surely it's one or the other? Bell kept doing that. |
Pinner hasn't posted for a couple of weeks now. I suspect that he felt that he had received abuse on the board. Hopefully I'm wrong & Paul is back soon. |  | |  |
James Bell (Referee) on 17:29 - Aug 26 with 4280 views | BushRanger82 | How is it, we never get a referee that gives us everything, when we play at home? |  | |  |
James Bell (Referee) on 17:31 - Aug 26 with 4252 views | nix |
James Bell (Referee) on 17:24 - Aug 26 by terryb | Pinner hasn't posted for a couple of weeks now. I suspect that he felt that he had received abuse on the board. Hopefully I'm wrong & Paul is back soon. |
That's a shame. I hope he hasn't felt hounded out. I don't always agree with him but he's a really valuable resource on the board. As for this ref, I don't see how a ref doesn't influence the outcome. Even if it's just by giving every 50/50 (or 60/40) to the other team, you're influencing the game because we kept having to win the ball back, which is exhausting in the end. |  | |  |
James Bell (Referee) on 17:33 - Aug 26 with 4241 views | ted_hendrix | Being away from home against a team that are more than likely to go straight back up we had 5 shots on target to their 3 shots on target, we had 11 shots to their 7 shots In other words we simply must be more clinical In front of goal. As bad as the bloody ref was we've come away with nothing and if we'd have been a bit more street wise in front of goal we'd have got what we deserved today which at a minimum was a draw. |  |
| My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic. |
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James Bell (Referee) on 17:36 - Aug 26 with 4219 views | Damo1962 |
James Bell (Referee) on 17:33 - Aug 26 by ted_hendrix | Being away from home against a team that are more than likely to go straight back up we had 5 shots on target to their 3 shots on target, we had 11 shots to their 7 shots In other words we simply must be more clinical In front of goal. As bad as the bloody ref was we've come away with nothing and if we'd have been a bit more street wise in front of goal we'd have got what we deserved today which at a minimum was a draw. |
We still need a striker...or two. If we don't get one, these type of frustrating results will continue unfortunately. Good to see Colback off the mark. [Post edited 26 Aug 2023 19:45]
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James Bell (Referee) on 17:36 - Aug 26 with 4228 views | Paddyhoops |
James Bell (Referee) on 17:29 - Aug 26 by BushRanger82 | How is it, we never get a referee that gives us everything, when we play at home? |
He’s a championship referee. They’re not very good. |  | |  |
James Bell (Referee) on 17:38 - Aug 26 with 4206 views | Mick_S |
James Bell (Referee) on 17:33 - Aug 26 by ted_hendrix | Being away from home against a team that are more than likely to go straight back up we had 5 shots on target to their 3 shots on target, we had 11 shots to their 7 shots In other words we simply must be more clinical In front of goal. As bad as the bloody ref was we've come away with nothing and if we'd have been a bit more street wise in front of goal we'd have got what we deserved today which at a minimum was a draw. |
Agree, Ted. Still, fairly encouraging. |  |
| Did I ever mention that I was in Minder? |
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James Bell (Referee) on 17:46 - Aug 26 with 4150 views | Hayesender | Their number 24 would have been better off wearing a WWE outfit |  |
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James Bell (Referee) on 18:23 - Aug 26 with 3998 views | vanrrrr | Highlight at the end was Cookie smashing the ball at him ( shame he missed) …. Worth the yellow |  | |  |
James Bell (Referee) on 20:51 - Aug 26 with 3726 views | digswellhoop | wec werecsh17 |  | |  |
James Bell (Referee) on 21:17 - Aug 26 with 3664 views | Boston |
James Bell (Referee) on 17:24 - Aug 26 by terryb | Pinner hasn't posted for a couple of weeks now. I suspect that he felt that he had received abuse on the board. Hopefully I'm wrong & Paul is back soon. |
Indeed he's our bell(wether) on refereeing. |  |
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James Bell (Referee) on 21:39 - Aug 26 with 3599 views | FDC | It's obviously not possible to say one way or the other whether poor refereeing decisions were why we lost, because there's no way of knowing how the alternative reality would have played out! Mind you , pulling Armstrong back for a non-existent foul when he was clean through in the first half at 0-0... |  | |  |
James Bell (Referee) on 22:11 - Aug 26 with 3490 views | stowmarketrange |
James Bell (Referee) on 21:39 - Aug 26 by FDC | It's obviously not possible to say one way or the other whether poor refereeing decisions were why we lost, because there's no way of knowing how the alternative reality would have played out! Mind you , pulling Armstrong back for a non-existent foul when he was clean through in the first half at 0-0... |
That free kick against Armstrong was ridiculous.The Southampton player was waiting for the ball to run out of play and Armstrong nicked it off of him. |  | |  |
James Bell (Referee) on 22:23 - Aug 26 with 3449 views | FDC |
James Bell (Referee) on 22:11 - Aug 26 by stowmarketrange | That free kick against Armstrong was ridiculous.The Southampton player was waiting for the ball to run out of play and Armstrong nicked it off of him. |
Definitely, and I think if it had been later in the game when we were chasing a goal there would have been more outcry over it from players and coaching staff. But because it was relatively early it perhaps felt less consequential. But objectively it was an appalling decision that could have changed the course of the game. |  | |  |
James Bell (Referee) on 22:32 - Aug 26 with 3404 views | daveB | refusing to let us take that throw in at the end and just blowing up did me in, never mind the extra minute wasted kicking the ball in the stand before, proper bell end of a referee |  | |  |
James Bell (Referee) on 22:48 - Aug 26 with 3364 views | Watford_Ranger | Just decided early on that they could do whatever to Armstrong and he wasn’t allowed within five yards of them. The Manning elbow looked bad. Would like to see that again. Young/new ref. Why risk making your afternoon difficult? The assessor probably thought he had a blinder. |  | |  |
James Bell (Referee) on 00:32 - Aug 27 with 3230 views | wombat |
James Bell (Referee) on 22:48 - Aug 26 by Watford_Ranger | Just decided early on that they could do whatever to Armstrong and he wasn’t allowed within five yards of them. The Manning elbow looked bad. Would like to see that again. Young/new ref. Why risk making your afternoon difficult? The assessor probably thought he had a blinder. |
Well him and his lineman wa in the pub pre match today sat on the next table to us in the pitcher and piano which explains a lot after his performance today , |  |
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